The original order of materials in the series has been maintained. Items consist of Purdue University board of trustees’ minutes (1978-1987), ten cassette tapes (interviews), various issues of Purdue Alumnus, material from the “Purdue Plan for the Eighties” campaign, a brochure for McClure Park, the future Industrial Research Park, and other Purdue related publications. There is an album which contains an extensive collection of Purdue related newspaper clippings from July – December, 1966. This includes clippings related to Purdue’s participation in the 1967 Rose Bowl.

2. Manuscripts and Files, 1945- 1990 (1.5 cubic feet)

This series contains the original manuscript for Robert Toppings published book, A century and beyond: the history of Purdue University,” 1988, along with the files used to write his published work, The Hovde years: a biography of Frederick L. Hovde, 1980. The original order of the files was maintained. Manuscripts for Topping’s two unpublished works, “Gentle Force, The Women of Purdue University” and “Just Call Me Orville” are a part of this series.

Scope and Contents: The Robert W. Topping papers (1930-1996; 2.75 cubic feet) the collection consists of many newspaper clippings, news releases, ten interviews on cassette tapes and miscellaneous printed ephemera that Robert W. Topping collected, while on the staff of the Purdue University Office of Publications for twenty-eight years. Also included are the files used for his published book; “The Hovde Years,” 1980 and the original manuscript for “A Century and Beyond,” 1988, along with manuscripts for “Gentle Force, The Women of Purdue University,” 1993 and “Just Call Me Orville,” 1996, the unpublished biography of Orville Redenbacher, 1996. The papers are organized into two series: